{"id":23274,"date":"2026-07-31T16:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23274"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:02:54","slug":"singer-linda-perhacs-82-found-safe-after-going-missing-for-8-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23274","title":{"rendered":"Singer Linda Perhacs, 82, Found Safe After Going Missing for 8 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Gossip Girl Actress Chanel Banks Reportedly Found Safe After Going Missing Last Month<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Linda Perhacs<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8216; friends are celebrating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Eight months after the &#8220;Hey, Who Really Cares&#8221; singer was discharged from a residential care facility\u2014during which her friends alleged that they could not get into contact with her\u2014she was found alive July 29.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8220;She was found today. She&#8217;s safe,&#8221; the LAPD Missing Persons Unit confirmed to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-16014643\/Linda-Perhacs-folk-missing-care-facility.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Daily Mail <\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">the same day. However, officials, citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, added, &#8220;We can&#8217;t share where, as it involves her HIPAA.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Her former manager <\/span><strong>Laurel Stearns<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> expressed her gratitude to everyone who supported efforts that led to Perhacs\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">whom Stearns said was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">being treated for dementia\u2014safely returning home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8220;We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who helped amplify this effort by sharing information, reaching out with support, and expressing genuine care for Linda&#8217;s well-being,&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">the manager<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> shared in a statement to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/linda-perhacs-found-safe-months-after-folk-singer-went-missing-12030782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. &#8220;The overwhelming response from fans, fellow musicians, journalists, and the broader creative community has been a powerful reminder of the profound impact Linda&#8217;s music.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gossip Girl Actress Chanel Banks Reportedly Found Safe After Going Missing Last Month Linda Perhacs&#8216; friends are celebrating. Eight months after the &#8220;Hey, Who Really Cares&#8221; singer was discharged from a residential care facility\u2014during which her friends alleged that they could not get into contact with her\u2014she was found alive July 29.\u00a0 &#8220;She was found&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20260730\/e894b9a1-ed1a-4a71-9148-c2f6dcfffc7f_1785439472.jpg?fit=around%7C1200:1200&output-quality=90&crop=1200:1200;center,top","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}